People in South Korea can now shop for groceries at Tesco Homeplus virtual stores while they wait for the subway train.
Displays with products were installed in subway stations. Customers scan QR codes with their phone, and the groceries are delivered to their home.
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Bellhomme66
Dunk in the trunk…
Jul 8th, 2011
Jen
VERY COOL!!!
Jul 8th, 2011
Misumi
hmm it wouldnt be useful for people without phones….
Jul 8th, 2011
Aizu
I’ll keep shopping and forgot to take the train.
Jul 8th, 2011
Sharyn
That’s awesome! I think it would be wonderful for anyone who commutes for work. The only problem would be fighting the crowds at the platform at peak hour.
Jul 9th, 2011
Poet
Why don’t you just browse a website?
Jul 9th, 2011
jomer2000
Seems they’ve hit it right. Shoppers use what is otherwise idle time to shop, whereas time at work or at home is possibly more valued. I wonder how important the life-size displays are to integration.
Jul 9th, 2011
Ken
great Idea! but every time I scan the QR code it bored, have to concentrated my hands. Why don’t you creating some app on the iphone or something. then you can buy what you want anywhere anytime.
And how about rush hour? :-)
Jul 9th, 2011
adkarta
wow,, nice,,
They could shop for grocery while waiting for train
Jul 9th, 2011
Kin
They could shop from inside the train, i dont think people would really be stoping for shop in rush hour
Jul 9th, 2011
Sebastian
seems to be very successful in korea. very cool idea.
Jul 9th, 2011
fakhri
hope they do it in indonesia
Jul 10th, 2011
Frederick
I am Korean and lived there for quiet a while. Almost everyone has a smart phone in Korea – and I know of no one that doesn’t own a cellphone. It’s how you pay your public transit fair (phone tagging) and sometimes restaurant bills, and in more recent years, taxi fairs.
Doubt anyone that knows how to use a smartphone won’t have it. My 65 year old father has one. The main point of this instead of the web is that web shopping can be tiring because you’re scrolling through pages on a tiny screen if you’re on your phone or already home if at a computer.
As for the transport department, Korea is a really, really densely packed country. This is only available in Seoul to my knowledge, the most packed city. This means that delivery to a district can result in multiple deliveries in one trip and one stop.
Sorry for the long comment, but I wanted to clear some things up. :D
Jul 10th, 2011
Loki
2 Frederick
Thanks for a long and detailed comment.
It’s always best to know how something is from the perspective of someone, who is local.
Jul 10th, 2011
Manu
Increible!!!!
Jul 10th, 2011
Katz
even it happens in my country.. i would just keep actual shopping.. its feeling better..
Jul 11th, 2011
Mark
This is an incredible idea. The gap in current QR code adoption rates between South Korea and the U.S. might make it difficult for us to see something similar, though.
Jul 11th, 2011
DOCTOR GRAPH
conclusion: everyone should get free wireless internet AND it should be possible to get a program on your cellphone when it has a camera… not only the VERY expensive phones.
Jul 11th, 2011
Liz
That is SO COOL. I wish we had those here x)
Jul 12th, 2011
Ninja Egg :D
It is pretty cool. But i like how we have it now soooo much more.
Jul 12th, 2011
Hmmmm...
Why can’t they just hurry up and invent emailable food?:P This is a cool idea but i think ill just stick to going into Tesco and buying my stuff! Also, think of the people who work in Tesco… They won’t be needed anymore!? ARRGH!
Aug 1st, 2011
Joy
thats COOL!!
Sep 27th, 2011